See whereas on Wiktionary
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"word": "míg"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"word": "laddove"
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{
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "manakala"
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{
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"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "medan"
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "natomiast"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "zaś"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "a"
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{
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "enquanto"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "ao passo que"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "pe când"
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "dok"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "za razliku od"
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{
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "medtem ko"
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{
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"word": "mientras que (locution)"
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "samtidigt som"
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{
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "medan"
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
"word": "тоді як"
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"sense": "but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…",
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"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "鑒於"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiànyú",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "鉴于"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "poněvadž"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "ježto"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "vzhledem k tomu, že"
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{
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"lang": "Danish",
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"word": "eftersom"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "aangezien"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "terwijl"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "waarbij"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "vermits"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "koska"
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{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "alors que"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "compte tenu de"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "vu que"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "vu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "eu égard à"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "en raison de"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "étant donné"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "wobei"
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"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "δεδομένου ότι"
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"sense": "it being the case that…",
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"word": "minthogy"
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"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "mivel"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
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"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "kótʼéego hazʼaah"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "sendo que"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "it being the case that…",
"word": "considerando que"
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"sense": "it being the case that…",
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"ref": "1908, United States Congress, Hearings beginning March 9, 1908 – April 30, 1908:",
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"ref": "1961, Aluminum Workers' International Union, Biennial Convention:",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clause",
"word": "cláusula"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clause",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "considerando"
}
],
"word": "whereas"
}
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